As I mentioned two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of watching Chef Aaron McCargo, Jr, host of Big Daddy’s House on The Food Network, cook in person at Blogalicious. It was really fun. One of the recipes he prepared follows, Bananas Foster Pancakes.
I adore bananas foster. I don’t care if it’s plain bananas foster over ice cream or if it’s bananas foster donuts or bananas foster cheesecake or cookies or candy. Slightly cooked bananas served hot in a sticky sweet, rum-flavored syrup can don any dessert in my book.
Remember from my last recipe post, sun-dried tomato, basil, bacon, and feta omelet, that we were eating Chef McCargo’s recipes while he cooked them on stage? I piled the bananas high atop my pancakes, and they were amazing.
Bananas Foster Pancakes
Ingredients
- 9 prepared pancakes (you could make your own or use commercial ones like Aunt Jemima's, who sponsored the dinner)
- 2 bananas sliced into 1/2 pieces
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons dark rum optional
- 1/4 stick of butter chilled and cubed
- powdered sugar optional
Instructions
- Heat a medium saute pan over medium heat.
- Gently stir the brown sugar, orange juice, vanilla, cinnamon, and rum together.
- Simmer until reduced by a third or when the sauce appears syrupy, 5 to 7 minutes.
- Add bananas and stir for a minute until the bananas are well-coated.
- Turn off the heat and add the chilled butter, stirring constantly until the butter is completely incorporated in the sauce.
- Heat the pancakes and pour hot sauce over them.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
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Justine says
Yum! This looks delicious!